There's Gonna Be a Bob's Burgers Movie in 2020
Tina Belcher is making a movie with her family and she’s probably feeling super awkward about it and wants to crawl into a corner and say “merp,” but sorry, Tina, it is happening.
Who Did This, Fam?
Someone in the art department for the animated Netflix children’s series Maya the Bee thought it would be funny to draw the outline of a penis in the background of a scene in one of its episodes. Maybe it was funny, maybe it wasn’t. But the production studio is publicly appalled and all we want to know is who did this.
A Conversation with Jillian Tamaki, a Cartoonist Who Explores the Distance Between Desire and Reality
Boundless, a new collection of stories by the Canadian cartoonist Jillian Tamaki, refracts the world into strange miniatures. Helen inexplicably shrinks down to sub-atomic proportions, more bemused than alarmed; Jenny starts following a doppelganger on the “mirror Facebook,” consumed with parasitic envy towards…
Tom and Jerry Should Not Meet Willy Wonka in a Feature Film. It Is an Abomination
It’s rare to encounter something as straightforward and yet dumbfounding as Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It’s a full-length feature that uses songs and (at times modified) dialogue from Mel Stuart’s iconic 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory rendered in limp animation with…
Max Landis Making Film About French, Consent-Ignoring Skunk, Pepe Le Pew
During his Saturday Comic-Con panel, writer and actor Max Landis announced that he is composing a script for a Warner Brothers full-length feature on Pepe Le Pew. Pepe, if your memory fails you, is the amorous French skunk from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies who never learned the word “consent.”
Fans of New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast’s memoir Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, which detailed her highly relatable struggle to find her parents appropriate and affordable end-of-life care, will enjoy the “Epilogue” of sorts to the story in this week’s issue of the magazine.
Betty Boop's Messy, Disputed Backstory
Betty Boop has been as magnetic and iconic a cartoon character as any, but most people are likely blind to her messy origins.
Bojack Horseman Designer Lisa Hanawalt Talks to Cartoonist Kate Beaton
I first met Kate in 2011, when we both joined Pizza Island, a shared studio space in Brooklyn, and of course I adored her immediately. Kate’s the real deal (as if you could have any doubt). Whenever I move, her books are the ones I put in the “I need these right away” box: they’re funny, educational, and comforting to…
How I'd Hit on You at the Wedding
A cartoon by Sara Lautman.
Are Tubby Cartoon Characters Making Your Kids Fat?
If your kid loves Garfield or Cathy (don’t knock it, there are dozens of us) you may want to keep a careful eye on their eating habits. New research suggests that lovably chubby cartoon characters might be encouraging children to pig out more and worry about health less. And, according to the study, it’s all…
Your Favorite Childhood Cartoon Ducktales Is Returning
Scrooge McDuck is back! Deadline reports that Disney is relaunching the cartoon Ducktales to air on Disney XD. The rebooted series will obviously include Scrooge's grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, plus Donald Duck, "as they embark on high-flying adventures worldwide."
Study: There's a Lot of Fucking Death in Children's Cartoon Movies
Kids movies have a bad rep for, well, death. Watch pretty much any Disney movie: does the main character have two parents? One of 'em's about to make an unfortunate and tragic exit. A new study has compared children's animated movies to more adult films and when it comes to murder and violence, kids films can…
​Rainbow Brite Is Back and Molly Ringwald Is Voicing the Villain
Nostalgia is resurrecting yet another cartoon from our youth. The popular '80s girl power series Rainbow Brite has earned a reboot, and Emily Osment and Molly Ringwald are on board to voice the main characters. Will we ever grow up? Not likely.
Amazon, iTunes Put Disclaimer for Racism on Tom and Jerry Cartoons
Amazon and Apple placed disclaimers on Tom and Jerry cartoons, warning viewers of racist content.
Get Down With the Tina Belcher Techno Remix
Tina Belcher is hands down, one of the greatest characters ever in television history. So who better to get her very own sassy, flashy remix.
The Simpsons and Family Guy Join Forces to Make a Rape Joke
On Sunday, Fox will air its long-promised threatened Simpsons/Family Guy crossover episode and, because cartoons are edgy, it will feature a joke that involves the word "rape." The comedy police have been dispatched.
Simon Cowell Is Making a Betty Boop Movie, For Some Reason?
Today, in feature films nobody was clamoring for: There's a Betty Boop movie in the works. And Simon Cowell, of all people, is involved.
Simpsons World Will Allow You to Access Every Episode Ever On Demand
Attention fans of The Simpons: Your summer just got exponentially better.
The Powerpuff Girls Are Coming Back with Even More Chemical X
Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup — the sisters/science experiments that make up the the superhero, crime fighting trio known as the Powerpuff Girls — will be swooping back into the television lineup in 2016. "We are calling these girls back into action based upon an overwhelming demand for sugar, spice and Chemical X,"…
Gah, There's a Hidden Penis in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
There are no cats in America and the streets are drawn with diiiiiiiiiiicks!
